Oh jeez. Don't get the cranky editor lady (that would be ME, to be clear) started on things like this.
I'm torn on the issue of verb-ing nouns. Sometimes its extremely useful, because it allows for more casual construction, and/or it makes it easier to describe situations/things/etc. that never previously existed.
On the other hand, I despise verb-ifying nouns just for the sake of it. An example: at work, we do all typesetting/layout/design in Quark XPress. There are several design software packages that exist, and some companies, for whatever reason, use more than onw. However, my company only uses one design software package, so if my boss were to tell me, "Please typeset chapter 12," I would know that she meant I should use Quark XPress in order to typeset said chapter.
My boss, however, thinks that its cute to tell me, "Please Quark chapter 12." THERE IS NO VERB THERE!!!! The verb, goddamnit, is "typeset."
(By the way, I totally get that my position is inconsistent. What can I say? I am vast [and cranky]; I contain multitudes.)
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Date: 2007-08-11 05:31 pm (UTC)I'm torn on the issue of verb-ing nouns. Sometimes its extremely useful, because it allows for more casual construction, and/or it makes it easier to describe situations/things/etc. that never previously existed.
On the other hand, I despise verb-ifying nouns just for the sake of it. An example: at work, we do all typesetting/layout/design in Quark XPress. There are several design software packages that exist, and some companies, for whatever reason, use more than onw. However, my company only uses one design software package, so if my boss were to tell me, "Please typeset chapter 12," I would know that she meant I should use Quark XPress in order to typeset said chapter.
My boss, however, thinks that its cute to tell me, "Please Quark chapter 12." THERE IS NO VERB THERE!!!! The verb, goddamnit, is "typeset."
(By the way, I totally get that my position is inconsistent. What can I say? I am vast [and cranky]; I contain multitudes.)